Anthropologist / Ethnologist

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Anthropologists study the origin, development and function of human societies and cultures, both past and present, focusing on rituals, family systems, religion, art, music, symbolism, the development and function of languages and the political and economic systems of communities. Some study the genetic and evolutionary side of humans, studying the bones of people who lived long ago. Others conduct research within a community and make comparative studies of different cultures. Anthropologists may work in areas of society planning, community development and conservation. 

Globalization of Language and Culture in Asia: The Impact of Globalization Processes on Language

This book offers an exploration of the impact of globalization on diverse cultures and how this affects the dominant languages across Asian civilisations. The impact of globalization processes on language is an emergent field in sociolinguistics. Covering the major themes in the field of globalization and language, this book will take a look at topics such as English emerging as the medium of instruction for subjects like mathematics and science. This book is suitable for researchers and postgraduate students in all fields of sociolinguistic enquiry.

Review by Kalahari.net The Evolution of Language Language, more than anything else, is what makes us human. It appears that no communication system of equivalent power exists elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Any normal human child will learn a language based on rather sparse data in the surrounding world, while even the brightest chimpanzee, exposed to the same environment, will not. Why not? How, and why, did language evolve in our species and not in others? Since Darwin's theory of evolution, questions about the origin of language have generated a rapidly-growing scientific literature, stretched across a number of disciplines, much of it directed at specialist audiences. The diversity of perspectives - from linguistics, anthropology, speech science, genetics, neuroscience and evolutionary biology - can be bewildering. Tecumseh Fitch cuts through this vast literature, bringing together its most important insights to explore one of the biggest unsolved puzzles of human history. Review by Kalahari.net  Talk in Action: Interactions, Identities, and Institutions Talk in Action examines the language, identity, and interaction of social institutions, introducing students to the research methodology of Conversation Analysis. It features a unique focus on real-world applications of CA by examining four institutional domains: calls to emergency numbers, doctor-patient interaction, courtroom trials, and mass communication. It provides a theoretical and methodological overview of the roots of CA, reviewing the main developments and findings of research on talk and social institutions conducted over the past 25 years. It showcases the significance of this subject to everyday events, making it ideal for students coming to the field for the first time. It is written by two leading figures in the field of Conversation Analysis. Review by Kalahari.net  The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics provides a timely overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. Through the electronic analysis of large bodies of text, corpus linguistics demonstrates and supports linguistic statements and assumptions. In recent years, it has seen an ever-widening application in a variety of fields: computational linguistics, discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, pragmatics and translation studies. Bringing together experts in the key areas of development and change, the handbook is structured around six themes which take the reader through building and designing a corpus to using a corpus to study literature and translation. Each theme is preceded by a substantial overview of the area putting the subsequent themes into perspective. It is suitable for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates.

The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist

A former pathologist known as "the bone lady" shares her exciting tale of life in the trenches, literally, of crime investigation, discussing the gritty, dirt-smudged details of her high-profile cases--from Civil War skeletons to modern political intrigue. Reprint.

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The Forensic Anthropologist

Forensic anthropologists who study skeletal remains to further criminal investigations are an important part of crime solving in the twenty-first century. The book details their work as they read the bones and help find answers to questions of murder and mayhem.

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Studying Those Who Study Us: An Anthropologist in the World of Artificial Intelligence

Diana E. Forsythe was a leading anthropologist of science, technology, and work, and especially of the field of artificial intelligence. This volume collects her best-known essays, along with other major works that remained unpublished upon her death in 1997. The essays proceed as a series of developing variations on the key questions that still confront science and technology studies today. What assumptions do expert systems designers make about users, and about knowledge more broadly, when they build software? How should humans interact with computers, and how do they, really? Why do computing firms hire anthropologists to study human-computer interaction, and what do anthropologists find once they are hired? And how and why are traditional power asymmetries between men and women produced and maintained in engineering firms and laboratories?

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Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend

In Bigfoot Exposed, biological anthropologist and primate physiology specialist David J. Daegling objectively examines the northwest American myth of Bigfoot. Using scientific methodology, Daegling systematically and persuasively repudiates the evidence purportedly demonstrating the creature's existence, and ultimately concludes that Bigfoot exists only in the popular imagination. Visit our website for sample chapters!

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Wolf at the Door: A Novel of the Others

Sullivan Quinn didn't travel 3,000 miles from his native Ireland and his wolf pack just to chase rabidly after the most delectable quarry he's ever seen. Quinn is in America on a mission - to warn his Other brethren of a shadowy group willing to use murder and mayhem to bring them down. But one whiff of this Foxwoman's delicious honeysuckle fragrance and he knows that she is more than a colleague or a conquest...she is his mate. Anthropologist Cassidy Poe is a world-renowned authority on social interaction, but the overpowering desire she feels around Quinn defies every ounce of her expertise. Working by his side to uncover The Others' enemies poses risks she never expected - to her own safety, to those she loves, and to her heart, as every encounter with Quinn proves more blissfully erotic than the last...Now, with no one to trust but each other, Quinn and Cassidy face a foe that's edging closer every day, threatening to destroy the life they've always known, and the passion they've just discovered...

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A Guide to Careers in Physical Anthropology

Over recent years the academic opportunities for physical anthropologists have declined, but nontraditional opportunities are beginning to arise in fields such as biomedical research.

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Careers in Anthropology

Sixteen real life stories from people who used their degrees in anthropology to influence their choice of career, and to change their lives.

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